LOLO - The Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests, Nez Perce National Historic Trail, Nez Perce Tourism, LLC and Discover Your Northwest at the Lolo Pass Visitor Center are inviting the public to attend a commemoration and celebration of the Place Name Initiative and the annual camas bloom in Packer Meadow.
The event will take place at Packer Meadows at the Lolo Pass Visitor Center on Saturday, June 25, 2022 from 1:00 - 5:00 p.m.
The Nez Perce Tribe and Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forest Service have partnered to establish signage and interpretation of traditional Nimiipuu (Nez Perce) names for significant sites from Lewiston to Lolo Pass. These include winter village sites, family group/band gathering areas, geological features and landmarks, and other legend sites throughout the Nimiipuu homeland.
“We are pleased to work in partnership with the Forest Service to complete the place name project and make this important transition a reality," said Nez Perce Tribal Executive Committee Chairman Samuel N. Penney. "Our place names have been in our stories and history since before I can remember. It is exciting to see these names reach the public and provide the same representation they always have for the Nimiipuu.”
The opening ceremony will begin with the Drum Color Guard and a horse parade in Packer Meadows along with statements by Samuel Penney, NPTEC Chairman; Cheryl Probert, Acting Deputy Regional Forester, Northern Region; Toby Bloom, USDA Forest Service NATIVE Act; and Sandra Broncheau-McFarland, Administrator Nez Perce (Nee-Me-Poo) National Historic Trail.
"It exciting to see the Nimiipuu community and Forest Service employees come together to make these important projects happen," said Cheryl Probert, Acting Deputy Regional Forester. "We have all learned so much about these wonderful landscapes and about each other."
A welcome dance by the Nez Perce Appaloosa Horse Club Dancers will introduce the Camas in Bloom portion of the ceremony. Camas in Bloom representatives Emit Taylor, Angel Sobotta, and Rosa Yearout will share the significance of camas, its meaning to Nimiipuu history and the Flight of 1877.
Nakia Williamson, Director of Nez Perce Tribe Cultural Resource Program will introduce the place names along with the Circle of Elders, drums, and dance.
“Fundamentally, Nimiipuu place names are a functional reminder of the accountability that the Nimiipuu collectively have to the Land and ‘resources.’ The relationship we have maintained over generations is fundamental to our existence and the Law which governs our actions upon this landscape, provides the basis for this to occur," says Nakia Williamson (Ipelíikthiláamkawáat, One who Gathers the Clouds/Pile of Clouds). "Conversely, it is through this very understanding of this ‘relationship’ which we derive culture and identity. Our cultural identity and lifeways are NOT superimposed over the landscape, rather it is the Land and ‘resources’ which provide for and facilitates transmission and understanding of the beliefs and values which are foundational to our identity. Because of this understanding, aboriginal place names which were interpreted and passed to us by our titlu/elders, have significance to our understanding of this Land and our place upon it.”
The ceremony is free and open to the public.
Ceremony organizers advise attendees to bring their own chair and prepare for warm weather with sunscreen, light clothing, an umbrella for shade, and water to stay hydrated.
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